the north and south. north korea s military said it responded by firing ten artillery shots. now on bbc news, it s hardtalk with zeinab badawi. welcome hardtalk with zeinab badawi. to the special editio of welcome to the special edition of hard tour from the taiwanese capital, taipei. people here in taiwan which is self governed live under constant threat from china which lies about 160 kilometres across the waters. beijing claims taiwan as part of its territory, and in the past few months has carried out hundreds of military sorties near taiwan, hundreds of military sorties neartaiwan, leading hundreds of military sorties near taiwan, leading to speculation that it is preparing for an invasion. taiwan has also been subjected to cyber attacks from china, my guest is the taiwanese digital minister, audrey tang. can taiwan really forge its own path? minister, audrey tang and taipei welcome to hardtalk. thank you, happy to be here. xi jinping reiterated at the recent china party
these antibodies in the mind we are less vulnerable to misinformation. in terms of cyber attacks it has been pointed submarine cables is one of the vulnerabilities in taiwan because these connect us to the world, ukraine are investing 50 million us dollars over the next years to build more than 700 mobile or fixed satellite receivers for the satellite receivers for the satellite in orbit so we can still keep our line open to talk to our democratic allies around the world, even in the event of secret disruption to our submarine cables. the idea art of a our submarine cables. the idea part of a digital our submarine cables. the idea part of a digital strategy - our submarine cables. the idea part of a digital strategy is - part of a digital strategy is to keep information about taiwan flowing, as part of that ambition you propose a satellite trial programme to try to guarantee internet services across taiwan, given the current tensions with china, these talks are pretty urgent, they bet